Israel Adesanya has his next challenger in the form of Dricus du Plessis. As he trains for his upcoming fight, rumored to take place at UFC 293, he joined the Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for a session. ‘The Last Stylebender’ shared some photos from the time he spent with Zuckerberg. However, it did not really impress the fans on social media.
After a heated confrontation at UFC 290, it has been confirmed that ‘Stillknocks’ is in line for a title shot next. On the other hand, Mark Zuckerberg recently accepted Elon Musk‘s challenge for a cage fight. So, the Meta CEO decided to join hands with a couple of UFC fighters.
Israel Adesanya shares snippets from his training session with Mark Zuckerberg
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Mark Zuckerberg has been in contact with Israel Adesanya and his City Kickboxing teammate Alexander Volkanovski. While the 39-year-old had trained with ‘The Great’ in the Metaverse, not much was known about his training sessions with Israel Adesanya, until recently. The 2-time middleweight champion shared a few photos while training with Zuckerberg on Twitter.
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“We both have South Africans to deal with.”#saylessdomore #threads #stichemup 🪡 pic.twitter.com/NUr1ETFNDo— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) July 12, 2023
He had a message to go along with the photos. Adesanya captioned it: “We both have South Africans to deal with.” He took a jibe at Elon Musk, relating him to du Plessis’ nationality, and claimed that Zuckerberg and he are fighting for the same cause. However, the fans don’t seem too impressed with Adesanya’s Twitter post. Let us see what they had to say.
Fans react to Adesanya’s training photos
The fans took a few jibes at the Nigerian-born Kiwi fighter. First, one fan mentioned how Adesanya was undermining the South African folks and predicted that Elon Musk and Dricus du Plessis will be victorious.
You really underestimating South Africans and Afrikanes . Both @elonmusk & @dricusduplessis will prevail
— saffakiwi 💫🚀🛰✈️🚘🍀🇿🇦 (@wynand47168742) July 13, 2023
Another fan could notice how much seriousness there was during the session with Zuckerberg.
The seriousness in your training session are obvious ! pic.twitter.com/4vbDUQwh5s
— Suliman Al_sharrad ⚖ (@SAS_Kingdom) July 12, 2023
A Twitter user mentioned how much he wants Elon Musk to win. However, given Zuckerberg’s BJJ prowess, he understands that the Meta CEO has more of an advantage.
It’s like deep down in my heart I want Elon to win but the reptilian overlord zuck looks like he got an upper hand.
— Brrrrick (@soupremebrick) July 13, 2023
They believe that Adesanya should join hands with Elon Musk.
You’re on the wrong team lol
— Ima Sentient (@ImaSentient) July 12, 2023
Another fan said:
Imagine helping a guy that believes in censoring speech. Sad to see.
— Juicy Paullett ❼ (@lambo_larry_) July 13, 2023
A Twitter user took a jibe at Mark Zuckerberg.
zuck has an innate ability to turn anything cool into something lame immediately
— 𝖇𝖎𝖌 𝖑𝖊𝖜 (@l_3W15) July 13, 2023
Y’all are both going to lose
— Only Riisk (@0nlyriisk) July 13, 2023
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The fans on social media all believe that both Adesanya and Zuckerberg are going to lose to their respective opponents.
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While we wait for the confirmation of the fight between the billionaires, Israel Adesanya’s fight against Dricus du Plessis is slated to take place at UFC 293 in Australia. Izzy believes that the South African is an easy opponent for him. However, after his last fight against Robert Whittaker, he might be a force to be reckoned with.
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